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...would have and found that geoengineering might be able to compensate for a doubling of the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Even more impressive was the price tag: somewhere between a few hundred million dollars and a couple of billion dollars a year, compared with the unknowable cost of decarbonizing the entire world. But the drawbacks are serious. Worsening air pollution is a risk. We'd have to keep geoengineering indefinitely to balance out continued greenhouse-gas emissions, and the motivation to decarbonize might disappear if we believed we had an insurance policy. And those are just...
...political pundits don’t tire of noting, Hillary is in the awkward position of being “The Man” when compared to Obama. The cost of crafting an image founded on the premise of experience (both as First Lady and as a Senator) is the appearance as the consummate Washington D.C. insider...
...public meeting last night, justifying the buildings’ height and the high density of the planned residence by citing local housing demand and space constraints—but Allston residents remained critical. As part of a land swap finalized in November, Charlesview—a low-cost, five-acre apartment complex currently located next to Harvard Business School—will be moved to a 6.9-acre plot further down Western Avenue. Sporting stickers that read “I support Charlesview, but not this proposal,” residents expressed frustration over the perceived lack of response from...
MIT’s new financial aid initiative, announced Friday, eliminates tuition costs for families earning less than $75,000 annually. About 30 percent of MIT students fall into this category and will have their tuition covered by a combination of federal and state grants, outside scholarships, and MIT financial aid, according to a university statement. Students in this income group will no longer be expected to take out student loans and should be able to graduate debt-free through work-study or participation in paid research. According to MIT’s Director of Student Financial Aid, Daniel Barkowitz...
...team on their “impressive” response to the flooding. “The beauty of having this [emergency] team is that they know exactly how to handle the material, as opposed to having volunteers come in,” Brainard said. She added that the cost of the damage has not yet been estimated, since curators are still working on drying library holdings. “It’s always hard to put a dollar value on rare and unique items,” she said. In addition to the amount these items may receive...